Lock.



Nh H. BENSON.

LOCK.

AAPPuc/nmrs min Jun/13,1914.

Patented Apr. 24, 191?u fil? To cl2 whom may como-em:

Be known that l? Mmm H. Benson, e ciizen of die Unifed and resident ofDes Moines, in by of Polli and State of l and useful Loek, or' which especification.

The objec. o1 my invenion is to provide a lock of comparatively simpleand durable construction, of the ordinary padlock sype,n and having aeasing with two cylindrical openings extending through it, provided alsowith locking bols edapibed to extend'into said opening, which lock sused in combination with e shackle with arms edapied eo extend ino saidopeningea :1nd provided Wien notches 'to be engaged by seid lockingbolts.

invention consists in certain del-evils, toeconsrnction, combination and:an rangement of the various parts of die devioey whereby me objectscontemplated ere et *minedq :is hereinafter more fully se orli, poinedont in my claim and illustrated in nccon'lpnnying drawings, in which:Figure l shows e side elevation ol an lock, "edging my' invention. fig;slioiif's e similar View of the saine9 'elle following is po lions ol'elle lock casing being :may 'o sli 'flle locking bolts and the openingsexlnough lle casing, and lie manwbichrrbe shackle is locked mposi ylrdinery locking meebox'ide which locking meolles locking b ols lil,adapted in inovemen; o extend ings ll, Any spying f` u be used und. llespying nete l", desirable 1n many instances lo employ edloel having e.snaclile which con .oe

A. deiinie vice such es herein nerenlater mentioned.,

mgs l, es shown in lie drawing., The zo? Specoetlen o. eisers .Je

"iowa, have inveneo e cecen'new on one side pere of lock and elle boltl2 spacedA so elle?, 'when the arms 14 are inserted imo elle openlngs-llthe bolt l2 neer lower part of the lock may be receivel 1n one of thenoches 1n one of the arms le end elle bolt l2 neer the upper parl:

of the look ma* et lieseme time be re- .eived in one of alle notches inthe other erin le, es clearly shown 1n F 1g. 2,

lVeere e lo-ce of `bis typo is used, as for instance to lock togetherthe hrottle and spark controlling levers on an automobile seering wheel,and to secure them to one of lle spokes of the wheel, it is desirable eolleve n shackle 13 of such size as to make il; possible to loclz thelevers to the spokes of mozomobiles of Adirlerenla makes and sizes. l* si'zliereiofre desirable that lie space between bhe leek member and. theclosed end o elle member .'13 be adjusable so that loel may be used fora variety of purposes. Snell adjustebility is accomplished by lineeonsirucion liereinbeore set forth. The members le may be pushed throughthe openings ll fer es desired sohat the opening between the' member Aand the closed end of elle shackle can be mede smaller or according ,tothe circumstances of elle use io which the lool; is put. In ordinary,lock or this kind, the openings l entirely closed et one end and ineshackle cee be locked in only one posi '.on.

will undersood the?, some changes may be'mede lle details of theconstruclon of my eoinpleed lock Without departol' elle arms 14 areproperly nig from its essentiel features, and it is my v inten; toeoveil by thisv application any such changes which may be includedWithin the scope of 'ollowingclaim.

claim es my invenion:

A loel o ehe class described comprising :l casing having locking boltsarranged therein in seggered releion with 'each other, a yoke havingoppose firms slidably extended through said casing, seid arms beingpro-r vseid device being so uranged that the -free vided in theirajueent faces With plurzmln @he respective arms at points at differenttles of notches to reeeve smd oekmg bolts, dlstances ,from the closedend of the yoke.

said looking bolts having bevele ends Des Moines, Iowa, July 6,1914.edapee to ^e:m1 said arms to shde freely MRZA H. BENSON. H1 sind easmg monev Cufectlon, the peres of WVltnesses:

A M. WALLAGE, ends o me ooizmg bolts enter the notches L. ROBNSON.

